The Qingyun Secret Realm!
That was the name of the secret realm controlled by the Academy.
The Academy had not monopolized it. Instead, it had voluntarily opened the Qingyun Secret Realm to outsiders, sharing it with every Core Formation power in the Western Wasteland.
There were two main reasons.
First, it wanted to draw the Western Wasteland Nations into slaying demons and defending the Dao together. Second, it did not dare provoke everyone's wrath.
As a member of the Defender Alliance, Windmist Immortal City also had the right to send Qi Refining cultivators inside.
Moreover, to encourage these Qi Refining cultivators to search diligently for herbs, the Immortal City offered generous rewards for every spirit herb they brought out.
Generally, a cultivator who gathered herbs could receive military merit worth one-tenth of the spirit herbs they collected.
The value of military merit naturally needed no explanation. On the list of items available for exchange with military merit,
there were spirit stones, magic artifacts, pills, and spirit lands-practically everything one could want. There were even Foundation Establishment Pills, the very things Qi Refining cultivators dreamed of obtaining!
Furthermore, unlike ordinary military merit, this military merit could be traded among members of the same lineage.
That way, even if a single Qi Refining cultivator failed to gather enough valuable spirit herbs, a Cultivation Family could pool everyone's military merit to exchange for crucial resources such as Foundation Establishment Pills.
Thus, whenever the Qingyun Secret Realm opened, the Cultivation Families under the Immortal City's jurisdiction would send their Qi Refining cultivators to Jixia, led by Foundation Establishment cultivators, to compete for the spirit herbs inside.
Rogue cultivators, however, were not eligible to enter.
Although the Qingyun Secret Realm was dangerous, it was ultimately an immense opportunity. How could they possibly let rogue cultivators